Tuesday, October 6, 2015

Reading for the release of Jasmine Gibson's DRAPETOMANIA, Verso Loft 10/17

Hey Jarrod there's a line about you in my new chapbook!

Oh yeah, what is it?

"We saw a depressing Russian movie and now you're in a psychiatric hospital". 

I am so fuckin' excited to be joining my bestie Jasmine Gibson for the release of her new chapbook DRAPETOMANIA, from Commune Editions. Verso has been on a goddamned mission to make me feel bad for all the fun I have made of their press over the years, and has opened their dope loft to this very special evening of poetry and debauchery. If these people have any damn sense at all I'll be reading early and for not very long at all. Maybe Jasmine will finally teach me how to get other people to publish your shit. 


It's a party for my chapbook, Drapetomania, released off of Commune Editions. You shd wear a costume. Get witchy and weird.

7pm
@ Verso Loft (that place you got drunk and embarrassed yourself after Left Forum that time)
20 Jay Street, Brooklyn

With readings by:

R U B Y B R U N T O N
::: is a New Zealand-raised poet and performer who now lives in Brooklyn. She spends a lot of time thinking about how to create community and education alternatives. Find her on twitter & tumblr @rubybrunton :::

S T E P H O N L A W E R E N C E
::: is a Brooklyn born & based writer, poet, & artist. She goes to art school, watches anime, & shouts at white people. You can find her on twitter @nnohpetss::

S A D E M A R T H A M A RY M U R P H Y
:::is a poet and artist from Houston, TX. Sade is a graduate of the University of Notre Dame, the author of Dream Machine (co-im-press, 2014), and a columnist at Real Pants (Lonely Britches and What's the Tea). They are pursuing an MFA in Creative Writing and Activism at the Pratt Institute in Brooklyn. They are the current chapbooks editor for Horseless Press and co-curate a reading series held at Pete’s Candy Store.:::

J A R R O D S H A N A H A N
:::is a writer, activist, zinester, retired truck driver and mad scientist at the CUNY Grad Center. Jarrod's work has appeared in VICE, The New Inquiry, Keep This Bag Away from Children and the Gothamist. His chapbooks include "Satan Was So Over it" and "Twilight Reflections on a Ethically Raised Life" and "I Gave You The Gowanus!", and his debut novel It's a Tough Economy was released by Grixly in 2014::

A R T U R O C A S T I L LI O N
::aka Artie the One Man Party::

Art work by K Y L E M O W AT will be available for purchase.